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'Serious crime', U'khand ex CM Trivendra Rawat on alleged Kumbh Mela COVID
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], June 17 (ANI): Former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Thursday said that the alleged COVID-19 testing scam during Haridwar Mahakumbh earlier this year is not just a case of negligence but a serious crime and an impartial investigation sh
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U'khand govt orders FIR against labs from Delhi, Haryana in Mahakumbh COVI
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Haridwar (Uttarakhand) [India], May 17 (ANI): The Uttarakhand government has ordered Haridwar district administration to register an FIR in COVID testing scam during the Mahakumbh, an official said on Wednesday.
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58 pc of COVID-19 tests in Uttarakhand conducted in Haridwar during Kumbh
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], June 16 (ANI): Between April 1 and 30 this year, 58 per cent of the total COVID-19 tests conducted in the state of Uttarakhand were conducted in Haridwar district, an analysis by the Social Development for Community Foundation revealed.
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Detailed report on fake COVID test reports during Kumbh Mela expected in f
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 15 (ANI): The Kumbh Mela held in April this year witnessed thousands of devotees taking a dip in the river to mark the "Shahi snan" thereby flouting COVID-19 norms. Upon being questioned on fake COVID reports issued by private labs during Kumbh Mela, the Joint Heal
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Uttarakhand govt to probe Mahakumbh COVID-19 testing data
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], June 11 (ANI): The Uttarakhand government has ordered an inquiry against all the private labs doing rapid antigen tests after discrepancies were found in COVID-19 testing data during Mahakumbh earlier this year.
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Uttarakhand HC slams state govt for violation of COVID protocols during Ku
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], May 21 (ANI): The Uttarakhand High Court came down heavily on the state government for not ensuring that COVID protocols were followed while holding religious events like Kumbh Mela and Char Dham Yatra in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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SC to hear plea for action against COVID protocol violation during Assembl
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 9 (ANI): The Supreme Court will on Monday will hear the Public Interest Litigation filed by Noida-based Advocate-on-Record (AOR), Sanjai Kumar Pathak, seeking directions for strict enforcement of COVID-19 pandemic guidelines and for action against all those who had all
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Kumbh: People take holy dip in Ganga on Chitra Purnima
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Haridwar (Uttarakhand) [India], April 27 (ANI): A large number of people took a holy dip in the Ganga river on the occasion of Chitra Purnima in the ongoing Kumbh Mela in Haridwar on Tuesday.
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Kumbh: Dev Dolis take holy dip in Ganga river in Haridwar
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Haridwar (Uttarakhand) [India], April 25 (ANI): Dev Dolis (people carrying local deities) on Sunday morning took a holy dip in the Ganga river at Har Ki Pauri in Haridwar amid the ongoing Kumbh Mela.
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COVID-19: Telangana health dept asks Kumbh returnees to isolate for 14 day
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], April 24 (ANI): Amid the rise in Covid-19 cases in Telangana, the state health department has urged people returning from the Kumbh Mela in Uttarakhand to isolate for 14 days.
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NSA Doval has not written any letter lauding Kumbh Mela conduct, say govt
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 21 (ANI): Government officials on Tuesday said that a letter which is doing rounds on social media suggesting that National Security Advisor Ajit Doval has appreciated the Uttarakhand government officials for successfully organising the Kumbh Mela in Haridwar is "
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Plea in SC seeking guidelines for COVID-19 norms adherence in Kumbh, assem
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 18 (ANI): A petition has been filed on Saturday before the Supreme Court seeking directions to the Union of India (UOI) and other authorities to initiate necessary guidelines and effective steps ensuring adherence to COVID-19 guidelines in the ongoing assembly electi
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